What a mess!

[Neto]

There should be a decent demand for white oak - I hear that it is used for wine barrels. The red oak isn't good for that, they say.

[Bamamav]

Red oak smells like cat crap! Literally! I used to use firewood, if I cut any red oak, I had to let it season and dry for six months to get rid of the smell, and sometimes it still stunk. I loved white oak, easy to split, no smell. That’s what this will be used for if anybody wants it. If not, it’ll lay in the back forty.

Measured the stump today, just about 60 inches.
Got a lot of the brush moved, and a lot of the bigger cuts. The guy is coming back in a couple of weeks to grind the stump, I’m going to have to get him to cut the trunk up into smaller sections, my tractor can’t handle them as is! Them suckers are heavy!

[hansgoudzwaard]

Popular right now. 8^)

[Couper]

I have one of these in my front yard. Dropping limbs all the time....I used to part under it for shade but no more. I have to check to see if she is leaning towards the house...Good call taking that bugger down

[Bamamav]

I measured the stump, 54” where he cut it, a foot lower to the ground it’s over 60”.
Worked the last two days cutting limbs and hauling and dragging it away. Still have another day to go, but going to have to wait until it dries up again, we got about 1/2” of rain last night and expect up to 1” at the middle of the week. I’ve got to get him to cut the trunk into smaller sections, I hooked a chain to one section to try and drag it off, got about 6’ and it wouldn’t go any farther, just too big and heavy. He’s coming back this week or next to grind the stump, he can do it then.

[Bamamav]

Forgot to add the pic of my progress